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The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manila or Tromso?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’s own page.

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Manila 12, Tromso 8: Manila leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manila 64, Tromso 36: Manila leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Manila 54, Tromso 27: Manila leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Manila 64, Tromso 38: Manila leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manila 40, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Manila 42, Tromso 14: Manila leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Manila 42, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manila 26, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Manila 60, Tromso 15: Manila leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Manila 77, Tromso 11: Manila leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manila 50, Tromso 32: Manila leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manila 40, Tromso 38: Manila leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manila and Tromso.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManilaTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManilaTromso
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation9 m20 m
Main airportNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManilaTromso
City population1,902,59079,943
People per km²76,10432
Museums within 10 km278
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.